Focus group methodology
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Focus group methodology

Paula Lane Research Officer, Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland
Hugh McKenna Head of School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
Assumpta A Ryan Lecturer in Nursing, University of Ulster, Coleraine
Paul Fleming Co-ordinator, Academic Affairs and Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown

Paula Lane and colleagues offer a critique of the practical application of focus group methodology in exploring the needs and experiences of informal carers of older people in Ireland

Nurse Researcher. 8, 3, 45-59. doi: 10.7748/nr2001.04.8.3.45.c6157

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